Maureen Paley
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Maureen Paley (born 1953[1]) is the American owner of a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green, London, where she lives. It was founded in 1984, called Interim Art during the 1990s, and renamed Maureen Paley in 2004. She exhibited Young British Artists at an early stage.[2] Artists represented include Turner Prize winners Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Gillian Wearing and Wolfgang Tillmans. One thing in common with many of the artists represented is their interest in addressing social issues.[3]
The gallery is located at 60 Three Colts Lane.[4] Maureen Paley opened a space in Hove called Morena di Luna in 2017 [5] and in 2021 opened Studio M at Rochelle School in Shoreditch.[6]
Early life[]
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Maureen Paley was born in New York, the daughter of Alfred Paley and Sylvia Paley; she attended Sarah Lawrence College, and graduated from Brown University[1] in 1975. She emigrated to England in 1977, attending the Royal College of Art, where she gained an MA in photography.[7]
1980s[]
In 1984, Paley began a gallery programme in her Victorian terraced house.[8] During the late 1980s, she exhibited examples of contemporary art by Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Sarah Charlesworth, Charles Ray, Mike Kelley, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Rosemarie Trockel and Günther Förg.[9] The first artists that Paley exhibited as "represented" artists were Langlands and Bell, Hannah Collins, Angela Bulloch and Helen Chadwick.[10][9]
1990s[]
From December 1990, through December 1991, the gallery, known as Interim Art, relocated to Dering Street in central London, close to Anthony d'Offay Gallery.[9]
In the early 1990s, the gallery presented several exhibitions made by the burgeoning group of artists that were to become known as the YBAs—including, Henry Bond, Angela Bulloch and Liam Gillick.[2][11] For years she developed the careers of Gillian Wearing and Wolfgang Tillmans.[12] During the 1990s, Paley represented artist and designer Toby Mott.[13] At this time, she was an associate of Joshua Compston.[14]
She was called by Time Out "a true pioneer of the East End", having presented work there before it was fashionable.[15][16] She said of London, "There is tremendous talent here, indeed much more talent than there is a market,"[14] and that "the problem lies with the limited interest of the audience. Change and newness has always been very dubious in Britain."[14] For almost a decade, the gallery was supported by Arts Council grants and other patronage.[17] Paley herself served for many years on advisory committees to the Arts Council and the London Arts Board,[18] and received travel grants from the Arts Council during her tenure.[19]
In 1994, she was one of 35 art world signatories[20] to a letter in the Evening Standard demanding that its art critic, Brian Sewell should be sacked for his "artistic prejudice".[21] A letter in response from 20 other art world signatories in support of Sewell accused the writers of attempted censorship to promote "a relentless programme of neo-conceptual art in all the main London venues".[22]
In September 1999, the gallery moved to Herald Street in Bethnal Green,[23] occupying "a chic new industrial space."[12] Paley's base in the area was a precedent for leading galleries such as White Cube and Victoria Miro to also locate in the East End."[12]
Curated exhibitions[]
In 1994, Paley curated a show at Camden Arts Centre of work by Joseph Kosuth, Ad Reinhardt and Félix González-Torres.[23] In 1995, she presented Wall to Wall featuring wall drawings by artists including Daniel Buren, Michael Craig-Martin, Douglas Gordon, Barbara Kruger, Sol LeWitt, and Lawrence Weiner.[23] The National Touring Exhibitions show went to the Serpentine Gallery, London, Southampton City Art Gallery, and Leeds City Art Gallery.[23] In 1996, for the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Paley curated The Cauldron, an exhibition of work by Young British Artists—Christine Borland, Angela Bulloch, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Steven Pippin, Georgina Starr and Gillian Wearing.[23] It was installed in the Trust's studio space in Dean Clough, Halifax.[23]
2000s[]
In 2000, Paley staged The Agony and the Ecstasy, the first show of Rebecca Warren, who had approached her with polaroids in a bar, after Paley had given a talk at her art school.[24]
She said in 2001, "Being a tastemaker—someone who invents the future—requires a delicate balance. You need to be of your time—if you're too far ahead you'll be misunderstood."[12]
In 2004, the gallery's name was changed from Interim Art to Maureen Paley. In 2006, when asked why many women have been successful in contemporary art dealing, Paley said,
Art is one of the last unregulated markets. There are no male gatekeepers and you are not confined to traditional alpha-male values. That makes it very attractive to a certain type of woman with a strong personality, who wouldn't fit into a cookie-cutter working environment [...].[25]
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In 2007, the artist Gillian Wearing was elected to a lifetime membership of the Royal Academy of Art in London (an institution founded by royal warrant by King George III, in 1768), that is, she became a "Royal Academician."
Paley was one of the judges of New Sensations, a competition for art students promoted by Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery.[26] Jo Craven said in The Daily Telegraph that Paley was one of only five female gallery owners of note in London.[27] The Evening Standard included her in London's 50 most influential people in art and design in 2008 and 2009.[28][29]
In 2009, she was placed at 87 (from 70 the previous year) in ArtReview's art world Power 100 list.[30] The citation drew attention to the presence of gallery artists at major events, such as Michael Landy at Tate Liverpool, Rebecca Warren at the Serpentine Gallery and Wolfgang Tillmans at the Venice Biennale.
In August 2009, reflecting on the legacy of the YBA art scene, Paley said, "The thing that came out of the YBA generation was boldness, a belief that you can do anything."[31]
In 2009, Paley was elected to the Executive Committee of the Society of London Art Dealers.[32]
2010s-[]
In 2010, Paley was one of a group of art dealers including Sadie Coles who made up the selection committee for the Frieze Art Fair.[33]
She supports the programmes of Artists Space, Creative Industries Federation, Open School East, Serpentine Gallery, The Showroom, Studio Voltaire, and White Columns. Paley is also a patron of Camden Arts Centre, Chisenhale Gallery, ICA, London, Michael Clark Company, South London Gallery, Tate, and the Whitechapel Art Gallery.[34][35][36] Maureen Paley gallery also takes part in Condo an exhibition series where host galleries collaborate and share their spaces with visiting galleries.[3]
Artists[]
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Felipe Baeza
- Lucy Beech and Edward Thomasson
- AA Bronson
- Tom Burr
- Kaye Donachie
- Thomas Eggerer
- Michaela Eichwald
- Gardar Eide Einarsson
- Morgan Fisher
- Maureen Gallace
- General Idea
- Liam Gillick
- Andrew Grassie
- Anne Hardy
- Peter Hujar
- Sarah Jones
- Michael Krebber
- Lars Laumann
- Erik van Lieshout
- Alastair Mackinven
- Daria Martin
- Deimantas Narkevičius
- Saskia Olde Wolbers
- Paulo Nimer Pjota
- Paul P.
- Olivia Plender
- Stephen Prina
- James Pyman
- Michael Queenland
- Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
- David Salle
- Maaike Schoorel
- Dirk Stewen
- David Thorpe
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Oscar Tuazon
- Donald Urquhart
- Banks Violette
- Rebecca Warren
- Esther Pearl Watson
- Gillian Wearing
- James Welling
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sleeman, Elizabeth (ed.) The International Who's Who of Women (London and New York: Routledge, 2002), p. 431. Entry on Paley available as snippet view here
- ^ Jump up to: a b Renton, Andrew. "Museum wannabes", Evening Standard: London, p47, 23 April 2002. "In her Hackney living room, Maureen Paley showed the Young British Artists when they were even Younger"
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Maureen Paley". Ocula.
- ^ "Maureen Paley – The Society Of London Art Dealers". slad.org.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Maureen Paley: A Trailblazing Gallerist". ocula.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Anne Hardy: Rising Heat, Maureen Paley: 'A piece of waste becomes a diaphanous pink ghost'". Hackney Citizen. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Camblin, Victoria. "Maureen Paley: London Borough of Tower Hamlets," 032c magazine, Summer 2009
- ^ Ward, Ossian. "The Rise of the East End art scene", Time Out, 1 May 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Deepwell, Katy. New Feminist Art Criticism (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995), p. 97.
- ^ Beckett, Andy. "What a swell party it was", The Independent on Sunday, 2 June 1996. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ Paley, Maureen (ed.) On: Henry Bond, Angela Bulloch, Liam Gillick, Graham Gussin, Markus Hansen (London and Plymouth: Interim Art/Plymouth Arts Centre, 1992), no ISBN but details online here
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "The gallery owner", Evening Standard, 17 December 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ https://www.maureenpaley.com/system/files/092016/57e4f95e6bf3b5b26000282d/original/Maureen-Paley-history-84-04.pdf[bare URL]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gott, Richard. "Where the art is", The Guardian, p.36, 7 October 1995. Retrieved from NewsUK, 13 August 2010.
- ^ Maureen Paley, 21 Herald St, London, E2 6JT, Time Out, London
- ^ Maureen Paley, File magazine, 15 October 2009
- ^ Burns, Charlotte (12 March 2020). "Transcript #76 The Magical Maureen Paley". Sothebys.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ Sewell, Brian. East is so hackneyed, Evening Standard, 21 September 2002. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ Lister, David. "Millions of pounds of public money are spent on the arts every year", The Independent, 18 February 1995. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ Sweeney, John. Final say: "'Demagogue' reviewer bites back at art scene's gang of 35: It's 'nul points' for the candid critic's critics", The Guardian, 9 January 1994. Retrieved from NewsUK (pay site), 11 August 2010.
- ^ Tresidder, Megan. "The Megan Tresidder Interview", The Guardian, 19 November 1994. Retrieved from News UK (pay site), 11 August 2010.
- ^ Lynton, Norbert. "Playing up to the gallery: Abuse is easy, even enjoyable", The Guardian, 29 January 1994. Retrieved from News UK, 11 August 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Gallery", Maureen Paley. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ Barnett, Laura. "Portrait of the artist: Rebecca Warren, sculptor, The Guardian, 7 April 2009.
- ^ Rawsthorn, Alice. "Space Women", The Guardian, 12 October 2006.
- ^ "Artnet news", Artnet, 17 July 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ Craven, Jo. "Pilar Corias", The Daily Telegraph, 12 October 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ Art & Design, part of "Influentials: The 1000", Evening Standard, 8 October 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2010
- ^ The One Thousand - Art & Design, Evening Standard, 30 November 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ [1]"87. Maureen Paley", ArtReview, 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Hannah Duguid, "Women at work: As the older generation of YBAs grows up, a new set of female creators is taking over" The Independent, 28 August 2009.
- ^ Society of London Art Dealers website, 18 August 2010.
- ^ "About" Archived 14 August 2010 at WebCite, Frieze Art Fair. Retrieved 14 August 2010. Archived on Webcitation.
- ^ Whitechapel Art Gallery Patrons. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ Chisenhale Patrons. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ Camden Arts Centre Patrons Archived 22 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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